The Lie Detector Test by Inventor William Moulton Marston, First Edition

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First Book On The Lie Detector By Its Inventor William Marston

MARSTON , William Moulton. The Lie Detector Test. Richard R. Smith, New York, NY. 1938. First edition.

 

This early work on the lie detector by its inventor William Moulton Marston explains the development and use of early polygraph machines in business, science, and the court of law. Includes a discussion of the Lindbergh Kidnapping case. Marston, in addition to being an early feminist, lived in relationship with his wife Elizabeth Marston (to whom this book is dedicated) and their lover Olive Byrne. Both women, the polygraph and Marston ‘s  predilection for bondage served as inspirations for his comic creation Wonder Woman and her lasso of truth.

Red cloth-covered boards with title and author’s last name gilt embossed on the front board. Title, author, and publisher gilt on spine. Small discoloration at top hinge corner of front board. Faded water stain at top of back board. White stain to interior corner of top book block edge. Pages clean with 8 black and white diagrams and photo plates. Good condition. Red paper wrappers with title and author printed in blue on front with decorative pinstripe. Minor losses at fore-edges and top and bottom spine. Patch of water damage on back wrapper. Wrinkling at edges, some fading at fore folds. Edges price-clipped but shows the original “$2.00” price on fore flap. Good condition.

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